William Henry Barribal (1874–1952) was a London artist who began his career as a lithographer before going on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris.

Biography

By the turn of the 20th century, Barribal had become an accomplished painter and designer. He created a series of images that were used on

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recruitment posters in Great Britain. During the 1920s and 1930s he created a range of posters for the

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advertising campaign and in 1921, he was contracted to work for

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, producing work that was used for posters and later a series of playing cards, these works being keenly sought after today. His bold

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posters designed in the 1920s and 1930s for the London and North Eastern Railway are also well known. His wife, Gertrude Louisa Fannie Pitt, was his principal model and his work also included cigarette cards on which she appeared. Barribal also worked for various magazines, including the leading fashion journal ''

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'', and between 1919 and 1938, he regularly exhibited his work. His images of exquisite and fashionable Edwardian women have become classics and the work of many modern fashion artists shows traces of the unmistakable "Barribal style".

References

External links

Waddington’s "Barribal" Series on The World Of Playing Cards website

"The Smiling Huntsman" on the Art UK's ''Your Paintings'' website

Poster for Euthymol Toothpaste on the British Council website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barribal, William British lithographers 1952 deaths 1874 births Artists' Rifles soldiers Académie Julian alumni